Link: http://www.amazon.ca/product-reviews/B0000CF348/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Six years after its release, Macho Man Randy Savage's debut rap album has become quite the hot comodity. It's priced NEW on Amazon.ca starting at $72.95 and USED from $101.06. Why is the used version more valuable than new? Why you ask? Perhaps these reviews might shed some light on the subject. It seems like those few who get a chance to listen to an original copy of the album have been forever changed by the experience. Perhaps owning a used copy of 'Be a Man' is a little like owning a piece of history. While not owning an original copy myself, I have heard MP3s of the tracks, and it is no exaggeration to say that 'Be a Man' is unquestionably the single greatest piece of music ever created by anyone throughout the history of mankind. I mean, just look at what the title track inspired these dudes to create! The only other artist to even come close to reaching Macho's heights is of course none other than Macho's life-long nemesis Hulk Hogan, who's song Hulkster in Heaven inspired a fan-made video of its own.

From Amazon.ca:

5.0 out of 5 stars The First Of Many Inspiring Albums, Jan 12 2005
By Dark Ninja (Canada) - See all my reviews

There is no way you will ever get closer to the utopia you experience when you listen to this outstanding album. I hope for the sake of every being in the universe that we will see many, many more Macho Man albums in the future. When I first caught a glance of this CD at Walmart, I turned and fell to my knees while time literally stopped. Once I regained consciousness I quickly filled a crate with the album and handed the cashier a flying elbow drop! When I placed the CD onto the tray of my stereo system, I knew at once that my life had culminated to that point, my purpose was to witness the sick, wicked, and nasty beats that were about to pulsate through the earth itself and energize my very life force. When the tray recalled itself back into the stereo console, it was as though the final puzzle piece of human existence had been put into place. Rainbows began to pour inexplicably out of the speakers and onto my terrace. The windows flew open and The Macho Man himself floated in on a winged platinum unicorn. He gave me a $5 gift certificate at Radio Shack and told me that I was the chosen one. He said that He and I would lead mankind out of poverty and strife forever. He said we must hurry, unimaginable evils were gathering and following him and there was not much time before he would have to face them. As we prepared to embark a low rumble could be heard in the distance. Hardly decipherable at first, but it began to grow louder, and apparently closer. The sky darkened rapidly and took on a red-orange tint. The rumble grew exponentially louder and more fierce, and the ground began to shake. Without warning an enormous crack in the planet's surface appeared and a great mountain of rock and molten lava shot up from the center of the earth with the force of ten trillion mighty buffalo. Satan himself stood before us, in all of his evil majesty. Despite this apocalyptic series of events, Randy was not at all intimidated. He stood fast, and with a mighty cry of 'OOOOOOHHH YEAHHHHHH!' he was suddenly 250 feet tall and was made entirely of gold. Satan lunged towards Savage with blinding speed, but The Macho Man was suddenly gone. Satan spun back around just in time for a vicious Macho Man drop kick to the throat. Again, Savage disappeared, leaving Satan dazed and confused. As Satan tried to recover Randy leapt at him from out of nowhere with a punishing sunset flip, sending The Dark Lord directly into a black hole on the other side of the universe. Savage explained to me how his musical talents inspired the Greek God Zeus, and so Zeus gave him super powers and ultrasonic vocal cords. I told him he's the illest, the true chief warrior. The bottom line is I used to steal cars and buses all the time, but ever since I heard this album I only smash fire hydrants. I no longer sleep or eat or talk, I just absorb the lyrical extremes that this album surpasses time and again and train to fight The Hulkster. Everything that you've ever done, are doing now, or will ever do is a complete waste of time unless it directly involves Randy 'Macho Man' Savage. If you don't own this album, I sincerely hope that this review has helped you realize what a clueless and wretched piece of waste you really are. And seriously Hogan, be a man for once in your life. If you just take the beating maybe Savage won't banish you from the universe....OOOOOOOHHH YEEEAAAHHHHH!!! I just crapped on myself.

With Xmas just around the corner, I thought I'd just add this little link to my Amazon.ca Wish List... just in case.

Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/albano

Farewell Captain Lou.

Link: http://wrestlicious.com

"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart is pitching a new Ladies Wrestling show that I have to say actually looks pretty darn awesome, even if its name 'Wrestlicious' is a little corny. Perhaps though corny is exactly the point, as I'm sure the similaries to the 80's Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) are no accident. Instead of the WWE's trashy cookie-cutter "Divas" Wrestlicious has Malibu McKenzie the surfer babe, Draculetta the lady vampire and drill sergeant Boot Camp Baily. Will this show ever get picked up by a major TV network? If it does, will it last more than a few episodes? Sadly, I kind of doubt it, but I sincerely hope that I am wrong. Surely there's some space on dial weekend afternoons or late at night between informercials for Mr. T's Flavor Wave and The Snuggie. Let's hope Jimmy Hart and his bevy of wrestling beauties succeed in returning ladies pro-wrestling to its former glory.

Update: I've replaced the original video with a longer version, containing an extended version of the rap number, and a weird gameshow segment featuring some 80's wrestling legends. Also, it appears that a number of the characters the video introduced have since been re-cast. From Rajah.com...

As seen in the Wrestlicious video, there is a vampire character by the name of Draculeta. In a correction from an earlier report, the girl portraying the character in the rap video is not former Ohio Valley Wrestling women's wrestler Roni Jonah. Rather, it is actually one of a few actresses cast in the character roles before the female wrestlers were hired for the initial Wrestlicious taping. Some of characters shown in the rap video were later "re-cast" when it came time to shoot the wrestling portions of the show, such as Draculeta. The Draculeta character was actually portrayed by Daffney (a.k.a. "The Governor") at the wrestling taping. You can see the TNA performer sitting in a coffin at the 1:27 minute mark in the video.

In another casting note, the voodoo character White Magic was portrayed by former Ring of Honor performer Lacey at the taping. The person in the rap video was an actress.

Adam West vs. Jerry 'The King' Lawler

Screech.. Rodman.. Danny Bonaduchi.. Todd Bridges.. a true who's who of down on their luck D-list stars have signed on for this inspired new show. Could it be only a matter of time until we see Gary Coleman, Emanuel Lewis and Vern Troyer in a midget-wrestling match?

Link: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/article808724.ece

This could be interesting. The Hulkster is apparently planning to start his own wrestling promotion to compete with the increasingly irrelevant WWE. The intriguing part is that he seems to want to move wrestling back to its glory days of larger-than-life caricatures and colorful costumes. I pretty much stopped watching WWE shows right around the time it lost its WWF name in 2002. Around that time they also lost most of their best starts including The Rock, Steve Austin and Mick Foley. All that's left now is a roster of indistinguishable 'roided-up muscle-heads in black tights lacking any discernable gimmicks or personality, and equally dull bimbos called "Divas" that do nothing but stand around in their underwear.

Still, even during these dark days, you can always count on occasional short moments of greatness. Now with the passing of the Fabulous Moulah, these moments are becoming few and far between. There is however a bizarre story line going on right now that only Vince McMahon himself could have crafted. It involves a magical leprechaun named Hornswaggle who also happens to be Vince's illegitimate child. You can read all about it at Wrestlecrap.com. For me, Hornswaggle illustrates well the biggest hurdle Hulk Hogan has to overcome with his new wrestling show. Even in the WWE's darkest hour, you can still count on Vince McMahon to come up with something crazy and unpredictable. While I welcome the Hulkster's call for a return to gimmicks and colorful characters, I fear that Hogan just doesn't have what it takes to think-up the kind of strange and irreverent stuff that Vince loves to do. Anyway, I look forward to finding out just what Hulk has in store.

I never got a chance to attend one of these shows while I was in Japan. It looks so awesome that I just might have to go back to Japan just to see a show live.

Link: http://www.thestate.com/local/story/219934.html

Nobody was responsible for more funny memorable moments in the WWF/WWE than The Fabulous Moolah and her cohort Mae Young. You will be missed.